Photo of your dinner (vol 2)

[Pferdestarke]

I bought a 44.5kg side of pig. Beautiful thing. Duroc is the breed which is on the fattier side so hopefully good flavour and succulence.

I've spent 5 hours tonight butchering her.













I ended up with a brined hock, a hand to smoke, a Boston butt to smoke, ribs, belly to roast and to cure. Loin to cure and loin chops, on and off the bone, leg joints x3, tenderloin.

£2.19/kg

Edited by Pferdestarke on Friday 10th October 00:07

[castex]

/stunned like somebody just shot me with one of those bolt guns.
Can I have mine without the kidney? Kthxsomuch.

[anonymous-user]

That pig looks amazing. This guy has some excellent videos on butchery.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_t4Om5siqqFtVGd...

[JonRB]

Pferdestarke said:

I bought a 44.5kg side of pig.

Unless this is for an episode of "Man vs Food - EXTREME edition" then it's kind of stretching 'Photo of your dinner' rather a bit.

(Ok, I guess it is 'Photo of my dinner, and many, many more dinners to come' )

[2DDav]

Not the best picture, but this was lastnight dinner:



Burger was a Jamie Oliver recipe:
Mince meat
Crushed Cream crackers
An Egg
Fresh Parsely

Finished off with a rasher an a half of bacon, a slice of Tescos sliced cheddar with scotch bonnet peppers melted ontop, some sliced red onion & lettuce on a toasted Tesco cheese roll.

I can honestly say the burger itself is one off if not thee best Ive had and there was no requirement for any sauce etc. Well worth a try for any burger fans.

Edited by 2DDav on Friday 10th October 16:33

[Pferdestarke]

bulldong said:

That pig looks amazing. This guy has some excellent videos on butchery.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_t4Om5siqqFtVGd...

That's a great recommendation. Thanks

[Pferdestarke]

JonRB said:

Pferdestarke said:

I bought a 44.5kg side of pig.

Unless this is for an episode of "Man vs Food - EXTREME edition" then it's kind of stretching 'Photo of your dinner' rather a bit.

(Ok, I guess it is 'Photo of my dinner, and many, many more dinners to come' )

That's how I justified posting it in this thread to myself.

[JonRB]

Pferdestarke said:

That's how I justified posting it in this thread to myself.

[tedmus]

Half a pig and three legs?

[JonRB]

I shall shortly be cooking this for dinner.

Mmmmmmmmeat

[Pferdestarke]

tedmus said:

Half a pig and three legs?

Mutant.

[calibrax]

Pferdestarke, you are a legend. Looking forward to seeing lots of succulent porky goodness over the next few months!

[Pixel-Snapper]

Just smashed the diet to bits again.

stuffed turkey of mozzarella, chorizo and basil with mushroom & beer risotto.



I feel badly unhealthy but ever so tastefully good!

[Gandahar]

Got 2 pieces of cod out of the freezer, and cut them into chunks for deep frying as finger food for tonight.




Batter was Delia recipe, just flour water and salt but I used 50 : 50 cornflour and self raising instead.

Served with salt and vinegar, strongbow cider with lemon as a refreshing drink to go with them rather than anything too heavy.

[JonRB]

Last night's dinner:

534g of rump (as shown in the earlier pic), with chips, peas & sweetcorn, and a brandy & peppercorn sauce.




And the obligatory cross-sectional pic so people can say it's not cooked how they like it.

[illmonkey]

Hummm waffles.

[Pferdestarke]

Brings a whole new meaning to "towering up!"

[illmonkey]

Normal rules of waffle burger are 2 waffles, top and bottom. But as the missus decided to pinch some of the bottom one, I didn't have a whole spare one.

[Blown2CV]

2 evenings, 4 cheeseboards, one burger, one pie and peas

[DUMBO100]

Nearly carb free but still tasty Turkey and veg